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Rafael Campos-Gottardo

@rafaelgottardo.bsky.social

Researcher at the Centre for the Study of Democratic Citizenship. MA McGill University, BA Wilfrid Laurier University. Also interested in biking, photography and F1. Montréal, QC Rafaelgottardo.github.io

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Rafael Campos-Gottardo@rafaelgottardo.bsky.social · last mo.

Great piece. I once saw a post asking whether you would expect the city to let you store your couch on the street for free (or a highly discounted rate) which made me re-think why we except the city to subsidize the storage of cars.

Shawn Micallef@shawnmicallef.bsky.social · last mo.

My @thestar.com column on Toronto’s unfair proposed parking permit changes that favour house owners over people in apartments. As it ever was in Toronto. Maybe we should stop subsidizing the storage of private property in public space.

Rafael Campos-Gottardo@rafaelgottardo.bsky.social · last mo.

I went to a Montreal Roses game yesterday (tough loss). I planned to take the Metro and shuttle bus but it would have cost $56 for four of us to take public transit (Stade Boréale is in Zone B) or $15 in parking. If we want to be serious about people taking public transit cost needs to be addressed.

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Rafael Campos-Gottardo@rafaelgottardo.bsky.social · 5mo ago

@popovaprof.bsky.social and @dietlinds.bsky.social wrote a great introduction to the project we're working on. We find that Europeans' responses to Russian aggression are shaping EU politics.

Maria Popova@popovaprof.bsky.social · 5mo ago

New piece "Russia’s war against Ukraine is no longer a foreign policy question for Europeans. It has become a domestic political battleground. This security–collaboration divide structures public opinion, reshapes party competition, and increasingly decides elections. In our research...

Rafael Campos-Gottardo@rafaelgottardo.bsky.social · 5mo ago

A great article about Japan's rail network. With the Conservatives pulling support for the new Alto train project, perhaps some aspects of the Japanese private ownership model could gain bi-partisan support in Canada and bring high speed rail to this country. worksinprogress.co/issue/why-ja...

Why Japan has such good railways - Works in Progress Magazine

Japan's railways are the finest in the world. Other countries can copy its formula.

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Rafael Campos-Gottardo@rafaelgottardo.bsky.social · 6mo ago

This cut to open access data does not bode well for Montreal's new AI planning tools being open access. Limiting access to city data limits the ability for citizens and businesses to understand and contribute to planning decisions.

Oh The Urbanity!@ohtheurbanity.bsky.social · 6mo ago

That’s crazy! Montreal’s bike counter dashboard (based on Eco-Counter) is not being updated due to a lack of funding from the city. Not sure if temporary or permanent. This data is used by the cycling community, academics, planners, and your favourite data-oriented cycling YouTubers.

Oh The Urbanity!@ohtheurbanity.bsky.social · 7mo ago

The Mayor of Laval is clearly a little disappointed in the REM de l’Est having been cancelled. He’s talking about creative ways to use space under elevated trains. Says cities like Buenos Aires can teach us in Quebec lessons for future projects. (Translation in alt text.)

A few years ago, we collectively killed the first version of the REM de l'est, which included an elevated structure. Many were afraid that it would disfigure the city. In Buenos Aires, they built bars and restaurants under this same aerial structure. It's now one of the trendiest neighborhoods in the entire city! It just goes to show that, with a little imagination and audacity, this kind of challenge can be met. A lesson to be learned for future public transit projects in Quebec.
Rafael Campos-Gottardo@rafaelgottardo.bsky.social · 7mo ago

I just launched my Substack, Thoughts at the End of The Mile, with a post summarizing the development plans for L'Entrepôt Van Horne in the Mile End and talking about community concerns surrounding plans to transform the warehouse into a hotel. open.substack.com/pub/rafaelcg...

What's next for L'entrepôt Van Horne?

Last week I attended an event organized by Mémoire du Mile End about the future of 1 Van Horne, one of the Mile End’s most iconic landmarks.

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Rafael Campos-Gottardo@rafaelgottardo.bsky.social · 10mo ago

In a new @lispop.bsky.social report @sjkiss.bsky.social and I introduce a new dataset which integrates the national occupation classification (NOC) code system into the Canadian Election Study (CES). We coded the occupations of respondents in the 2019 and 2021 CES 1. scholars.wlu.ca/lispop/5/

Researching Post-Industrial Political Behaviour With The National Occupation Classification In The 2019 and 2021 Canada Election Studies

In the following note we describe coding of open-ended responses to respondent occupations in the Canada Election Studies 2019 (phone and online) and 2021 (online). 7904 unique entries were gathered f...

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